Meaning

1 senses

  1. (rare)To bark; to make doglike noises.

Origin

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin lātrātus, perfect passive participle of lātrō

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin lātrātus, perfect passive participle of lātrō (“to bark”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare Spanish ladrar (“to bark”). Originally seemingly attested as a ghost word.

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Forms

latrates, latrating, latrated, latrated
Base formlatrate · to latrate
3rd person singularlatrates
Present participlelatrating
Past simplelatrated
Past participlelatrated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylatrate
he, she, itlatrates

Past simpleLesson

all personslatrated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave latrated
he, she, ithas latrated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill latrate

Word family

4 related words
Relatedlatrabilitylatrantlatrationoblatration

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lathelatherlatitudelatrinelattelatterB2
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